EOR potential in the Middle East: Current and future trends

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference 2011, EORC 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 127-137

  Al Mutairi, Saad M ^a   Kokal, Sunil L ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EOR; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EOR METHODS; FIELD TRIAL; FIRST OPTIONS; FULL-FIELD; FUTURE TRENDS; GLOBAL OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON GAS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; INDONESIA; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE EAST; OIL PRICES; OIL RECOVERIES; VENEZUELA; WORLD OIL PRODUCTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 80755172696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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